Complaint Review: RPM Towing & Recovery - Gastonia NC

So, here we are in October, 6 months after this robbery / extortion and RPM towing has not provided the refund that was instructed by the city. How is that for compliance and what is right and wrong. These guys are still crooks and they are not going to change until the law makes them.  

OK Sparky. First of all, the use of the word "Predatory" does not make me a whiner. The word predatory as it relates to towing is defined in the many booting laws and the many now won court cases that describe your activities and the manner in which you are conducting this so called "business". it IS predatory. Look it up for yourself. 

Now, lets speak on accountability. I owned our drivers actions. You have no argument there. You fail to address the complaint that I made and that s that you are conducting these stings on a piece of property when it is 100% unnecessary to do so. This lot could easily be blocked, fenced or bloccaided to prevent traffic. You have threatened "interfering with a business" to anyone that stops trucks from parking there. So, you do NOT want trucks to NOT park there because you would NOT be able to extort this money from them. 

Am I correct? Yes. I am correct. And THAT is the problem number 1.

Problem number 2:

A truck and trailer connected are considered a "COMBINATION VEHICLE". It is not plural. This is the federal DOT's legal definition. Together? A single vehicle. You placed a boot on each claiming that they were separate because they both had vin numbers. REALLY??? Not oly is your definition not legally sound, it is a solid demonstration of your true intentions and greed. Heartless. 2 boots on one vehicle and 2 charges for one incident.

Now as for the government, we are and we are doing so VERY soon. We will be starting in the courts in your county and we will be requesting a few different changes to law that will stop this exploitation of the intended purposes of the booting ordinances. Thanks for the advise.

Trap? Signs advising? Well, the signs that were posted were not compliant with the city code. Of this, RPM towing was advised via letter from the Gastonis Police dept. RPM towing was instructed to stop all activities until the signage was compliant. RPM towing was also instructed to provide a full refund to all that were booted that weekend. RPM Towing has refused the refunds.

Your booting law roots have a history that spawns from the trespass laws. Trespassing allowed charges for damages when there was damage to property (in the earliest days, it related to crops and agriculture). RPM towing is charging a $2,400 fine for parking??? There isn't a city or even country in the world that has a fine this offensive for a parking violation. Why do you think that this SHOULD be ok for you? it is unconscionable. 

So, IS Kenneth Shuler and RPM Toring running a parking lot or a booting trap? I don't know but it certainly is not a business or not one that should be allowed.

Liability? Yeah. That is a weak argument fr justification of this practice. Booting services need to be abolished and it need to be turned back to the cities. Employ parking enforcement people and let them handle it. At least the laws would be applied properly , fairly and with a sence of accountability. Remember, RPM was told that they should provide a refund and they scoffed at it. The city, if wrong, would refund the money. One last note, there is due process when this is done by the city.

 As soon as a whiner uses the word "predatory", you know for a fact, they caused the problem and they are going to blame everybody else. The DRIVER did this to you. He brought this upon you. Blame him. Make him pay you back or fire him.

You fully admit that your driver ignored the No Parking Signs. Yet you then turn around and complain how they ignored your drivers sign to just wake him up.  Why would you expect them to pay attention to his sign, if he ignored thiers?

I get it, it would suck to have to pay $800(or even $8) to get a boot removed. But then again I wouldn't put myself in that situation where I was parking where I wasn't supposed to be in the first place. There is one reason that this company is in business, people parking where they are not supposed to.

It isn't rocket science.  You want to put them(and probably the dozen other companies doing similar things) out of business. Then just don't park on private property, whether you think it is a vacant lot or not. If you don't think it is fair then instead of trying to stop people from parking there, spend your time going to the local governments that write up the laws. Tell them that the tow companies need to be required to "wake up" any possible occupants of the vehicle

before the tow/boot it. Tell them that private property owners have no right to say how their vacant lots are used. Tell them you want it to be legal to park on a vacant lot regardless of if it is "private property" or not.  Oh and let us know how that goes.

I also like  how you refered to this as a "trap".  A trap would be them posting signs to come on and park, signs on the roadway that there is this wonderful vacant lot.  None of that existed..in fact they did quite the opposite.  They had signs stating that parking was NOT allowed.

Then here is a question. Say something happened to the truck or the driver while they were on the vacant lot. Imagine for a second if there was a light pole that fell down and damaged the truck, making it inopperable for a week. Would you just take it as your responsibility, or would you go after the owner of the lot for their negligence..even though you were there WITHOUT permission.